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avin aneeri
STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF
GURU
ANGAD
DEV
irai ir ingh hity d ll
halVir Singh Marg Gok Market New Delhi
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Nayln Paneerl
u u
Angad Dey
Based on sht GurChamatkarby Bhai Vir Singh
Panjabi Narration
y S
Harbans Singh Chaw1a
English Translation by M. L Mongia
Bhai VirSingh Sahitya Sadan New De/hi
rtist
Mohinder Bodhraj
Publisher:
Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan
Bhai Vir Singh Marg,
New
Delhi
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Index
I. Guru Angad Dev Birth _. 5
2. Childhood 6
3. Marriage 7
4
Children
8
5. Pilgrimage to
~ s n o
Devt 9
6 Magic of Scripture
JapJIl 1
7.
Leima meets Guru Nanak
Dev 12
8
Sprinkling
of
Saffron
9 A l K ar la rp ur 16
10
Taking
o u t
bowl
from Sewer
Drain
17
11
Construction
of
G u rd w ara w al l
19
12 Washing
o f d i rt y
linen 20
13
Sanghar Khadur 22
14 Final Test
23
15
Gurugaddl.
25
16
Mal Vlraee 27
17 Guru gives
his glimpse 29
18 Khadur New Centre fo r
spreading
the Lord s
Name
32
19
Mata
Kheevl
34
20
Compiling
Guru Nanak s
Hymns 36
21
Wrlung
of
Jananlsakhl
38
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Love for c h l 1 d n n T e a c h l n ~ PunJabl n
Gurmukhl
scrlpl 40
3 Humayun visits
Khadur
42
4 MallooShah 44
5 o Honest
earning
is bad 45
26
Accept
Goers
ll l
46
27 Malooka lhe
drunkard
47
28
An Ascetic of
Khadur
49
9
Service Endeavour
52
30
Golnd\vaJ
flourishes
53
31
Refuge for
the
refuge
less 55
32 Guru Amar Das as Image of Guru Angad Dev
57
33 Sacred
Memorials ofGJru Angad Dev
59
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Guru Angad Dev
uru Nanak Dev b efo re l eavt ng for
the
heavens gave
the
Guru
seat to
Guru
Angad
Dev
and
he
became the
second Guru of
the
Sikh religion He
was
born
to
Saba
Pharo
Mal
and Mata
Daya
Kaur at Mate di sarai
which
Is also known as
Naga serai
This
town
ex jsts
on the
Muktsar Kotkapura
road about 10 kJlometers
from
Muktsar Many
a Urnes was looted and
destroyed
by
in-
vaders from another country Guru
Angad
Dev s
father
Baba Pharo
Mal
owned
a
shop here
He also did accountancy
for
Chaudhrl
Takht Mal
and
the local Pathan ruler
of
F erozepur
Around 1519
when Mughal Emperor
Sabar came from Kabul
and invaded
our
country Naga serai was
destroyed
Now Saba
Pharu
Mal father
of
Guru
Angad
Dev took his
famUy first to
Hart ke Patan
then to Sanghar and finally settled
at
Khadur Sahib
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Childhood
G
uru Angad Dev s
original
name was
Lehna Being
the only
son
of
his parents he
was
a darling of the family Bha l Lehna s
mother
Mala
Daya
Kaur w as
a
v er y r el tg lo us lady
She
was
a
s we et n at ur ed contented and piouS lady She used to recite good
stories to
her
son
Lehna
everyday
Bhai Lehna s
father Saba Pharo Mal k ne w P er si an very well
That was the prevalent language at that
time
He had lrnowledge
of
other languages
as well
He had
made very
goo arrangement for teaching and
educa-
tion of
his son
Lehna
Along with the
Persian
language
Lehna
a lso be ca me a
scholar
of Punjabt language
Many
stories
are
prevalent
about
his
childhood
Many
times he
g ve away his
books to
poor
and needy children
He
used
to bring the
sadhus
and saints who came to or passed
through hadurSahib to his house and
served
them foo with
eagerness
Bhai Lehna s
parents
felt delighted to see his
good
habits
He
never go t tired
In serving
When he
grew older
he
started
helping his father In his
work
He had gre at
respect
for his
parents
People in
Khadur
h ad great respect for him and loved him
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arriage
Khadur
Uved one
aunt of Lehna
whose
name was
Bib Viraec
r l s h was
the
daughter
of Takht
Mal
of
Semi Naga. She was
married
to Chaudhrt Mehma of Khadur. Being sisler
of seven
brothers.
everybody
called
he r Sal-Bha raee (sister
of
seven
brothers).
Her father out of
love called
her Viraee and so
did
other people She was a
very pious and gentle
lady
Bha Lehna s
father
Saba
Pharu Mal
worked as an
accountant for Bthl Vfraee s
father
Takhl
Mal So. he had to go to Takht
Mal s
house
quite
often.
Bibl
Viraee considered
Saba
Pharo
Mal as her
bro ther . For
this reason
Lehna
called her
aun ty and
respected her Bih Vlraee
was fond of Lehna and treated hJm
with
love
Devi Chand
Marwah
was a
rich merchant
of Sanghar .
His
daughter
Kheevt
was
of marriageable
age.
Bib
Vtraee
suggested
the name of Lehna to
Devt
Chand
for marriage
of his daughter
Sibi Kheevi
She so
talked
to Saba Pharo
Mal In
this
way
the
marriage
of
Lehna
with Sibi Kheevi
was
celebrated
in
January.
1520.
Sibi Kheevt
was
a sweet
natured. pious. kind and loving
lady As a daughter-In-law
she
won the
heart
of everybody tn
her
in-laws house as
she
were
the
daughter of
the
house.
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Children
J .yo
sons and two
daughters
were born to Bhat
Lehna
and Btbl
Kheevi The elder son Daasu was born in the year 1524
and
the younger Daa tu in the yea r 1537 Amongst the daughters the
elder
one
Bibl Amra
was
born In the
year
1526
and
the younger
Bib l Anokh l
in
the year
1535 at
Khadur.
The
parents
brought up their
children
well
Mother
Bibi Kheeyj
tra ined them nicely
to look
after the house and
family Bibl
Anuo
got married to
Bhai
Jassu of Basarke DlsU.
Amtitsar .
He
was
the son
of
Manak
Chand.
brother of
Saba
Amar
Das
later
on
called Guru
Amar
Das Bibi
Amra
was
very
Intelligent
accomplished and virtuous She was the
Orst
who Introduced
Saba
Amardas
to Guru Angad
ev
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Pilgrimage
to
Vaishno
evi
h ai L ehn a s
father
Saba Pharu Mal
was
a very religious person
and a devotee of
Vaishno
Devt He
was
a
Vaishnav
Year
after
year he used
to lead
a
group
of
Devi
devotees
to
the
shr ine Jawala Mukht for evi
arshan
Children are always influenced by
what the parents believe
Impressed by
his
father s belief Lehna also started going for
p il gr im ag e t o the shrtne of
Vaishno
Oevi With tinkle bells on his
ankJes cymbals in hand
and
drums hanging from the neck golden
embroidered scarf on h ead he w en t with the Devi devotees for
pflgrlmage After th e d e a t h of S a b a P h a r u
Mal
In 1 5 2 6 all
responsibility
of
the house and earning came on his head B ut
even
after the d eath
of
his father
he
dtd
not m iss the
yearly
pilgrimage
Now
he
had to lead the group to
Vaishno
Devt
Another five
years
passed like this B ut the peace
of
mind
and
i nn e r h a pp i ne s s that he sought for he di d not get He
always
felt some vacuum in his life t h a t did not fill
He
was
on the
lookout
of a tru e G uru
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Magic
of Holy Scripture
followers
of
evl organized
nfghtlong
singing of
praises of
evi at
Khadur The
burning
of refined butter
g ve
bright
name Everybody sang
the hymns
of
Ja l Mala
The whole
nlghl
went
on like that
till
was
early morning
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In the
morning
our beloved
Bhai
Lehna went to the lake
to
have
a
bath
where
he
heard sweet
ani
Here a t
the bank
of
the lake
Bhai
Jodh a
disciple of Guru
Nanak
was
reciting a verse from the Holy Scripture
Asa
01 Var
that meant.
O ne
should
always
remember
the
Lord
by
whose
remembrance
one gets all t he h ap pi ne ss . When one has to
bear
the fruits
of
one s
deeds.
then.
why do
evtl e e s ~
One should not do
evil
by
any chance even
by
mistake. e
should think
deeply, what
would be th e re su lt? Why
do
s u c h
deeds
that take you
into
forgetfulness
of
the Lord?
One
should
do
good
deeds, and
remember the Lord. Love
begets
love.
When we
love the Lord. the Lord will love u s
also.
Bhai
Jodh
went
on
recJting
the
Holy
Scripture
and
Lehna
s a t
close to
him.
He
got
deeply absorbed
in listening.
He felt
exquisite
pleasure.
He got so much pleasure
in the hymns of Asa g that
he
had never experienced in singing the hym ns of Ja i Mala his
pilgrimages.
The recitation stopped.
Bhal
Jodh opened
his eyes, Lehna
bowed
towards
hJ s feet and
asked:
Gentleman. whose hymns
were
you reciting?
I felt
I mm en se p ea ce of mind and happiness,
Bhai
Jodh
replied:
These
are the hym ns
of
Guru
Nanak
Oev.
Lehna
asked: Where
Is he
staying?
Bhai Jodh: T he enlig hten ed
Guru
is a t
present staying
a t the
bank
of
the river Ravt a t Kartapur Now In
Pakistan .
He is
guiding
the people
of
this
Un-enlightened
era Kalyug) on the true path of
recitation
of the Lord s name
with
love .
On
listening to
all
this, Lehna
made
up his
mind
to go to
Kartapur and have a
glimpse of
Guru Nanak Dev.
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Lehna meets Guru
Nanak
Dev
day
came when he
and his party left
for
pilgrimage to the
shrine of Vaishno Devi
On the way
they halted
at
Kartarpur
The
followers
of
evi
sang the praises of al Mata
for a long
time
at
night
ut
Lehna
was
longing to
meet
Guru
Nanak
ev
and have his glimpse
Next morning Lehna
went
to the town rtdtng on his horse
When
he
reached the
lawn
he
saw a serene comely person
standing on the
road
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Sprinkling of Saffron
eloved
Bhai
Lehna stayed a t K a rt ar pu r
with
Guru
Nanak
Dev
for a few
days Then
he returned
to Khadur
At
Khadur he did
not feel happy He
longed to go back to
KartarpUf after
entrusting
the responslbUity of the business and
the
house
to
his two
sons Daasu and Daalu
He
was
emotionally
attracted
to the Guru s
love He
was
In
love for
Guru Nanak
Dev
The one embrace
of Guru Nanak Dev
ha d
t ransformed h is m i n d
Into
th e In ce ss an t
recitation
o f the
Lord s name that gave ecstasy
After a few
days he
entrusted
the responsibility
of
the
family
to Bibl Kheevt and the sons and dec ided to go to Kartarpur
Soon after
he
carried
a
heavy
bundle
of s alt
on
hJs
head
and
started for
Kartarpur
He look the salt for Ute G u r u s kitchen
Steadily
he
reached Kartarpur
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After putting the bundle down in the G uru s kitchen
he
enquired about G uru Nanak
Dev. He
was told that G uru had
gone
to the fields for some cultivation work.
How
could
Bha
Lehna
just sit? He
enquired
the
location and
went to the fields. He met Guru
Nanak
Dev in the fields
and
fell
a t
the Gu ru s
feel.
At
that
time
a bundle of
plucked
grass
and weeds was
lying
there. The
Guru asked
Bhai Lehna
to pick up the b un dl e o f g ra ss
and leaves and take it horne as the cows and buffaloes were to
be
fed.
The grass
and
weeds were wet
and
the
muddy water was
oozing
out.
B hai Lehna was wearing
new
sllken
clothes.
Without
canng
for hJs
n ew s ilk en
clothes. immediately
on listening
the
Guru s
words he picked up
the
bundle of
grass
and put on his head
and
went
home.
When
Guru Nanak Dev came
home.
the respected
lady of
the
house
Mata Sulakhnl. with
emotion. told the Guru
that
first Bhai
Lehna had carried a bundle
of
s t
on
his
head
and
again he has
carned
a
load on his head and h is silk en
clothes
have al l got
spoiled
with
the mud falllng on them.
On listening
to the
w ords of
Mata
SulakhnJ.
Guru
Nanak
Dev
smiled and said:
0 good lady
he was not
canying the
weight of
two
bags that was
the
weight of
the two
worlds on his head.
That
was
not the
grass
plucked
from
the
rice fields.
That
was
a crown from the Lord on his
head.
That was not mud on his clothes. That
was
a sprinkling of
saffron
on his clothes.
He
has
to
become
the king of
my divine
kingdom.
He
wore the
h ol y c ro wn .
Guru
Nanak
Dev s
w o rd s i nd ic at ed
the
prophecy that
only
few
would
understand. This
stgnJfted the
great
responstbUtty
that
Guru Nanak
Dev
wished
to
entrust
to
Bhal Lehna in th e y ea rs
to
come.
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t Kartarpur
l r
coming
to Kartarpur Bhat Lehna got e ngr os se d In the
r l se r v i c e
of
the Guru and the congregation. He
was dipped
In
Guru love. He did not care for
anything
else The delight that he
got tn
becoming
a
disciple
of
Guru
Nanak
Dev
even
a
worldly
k in gd om w ou ld not give
Poet Santokh
Singh
has
desctibed
the
love
of
BhaJ
Lehna
as
follows:
he
were to give his head for Guru s sake he would not
t ink
or
wail even for a momenl.
He
slayed
at Kartarpur and served th e G uru like a be e sits on
the nower
He
used to gel up early in the morning and
after
bathing
recite JapJI S ah ib . T he n he would sit tn the
Gurdwara
and listen
to the
divine
hymns.
He w ou ld s er ve in
the G uru s kitchen
and w as h u te ns il s
also.
All the time
he
recited the
Lord s
name.
He
always
wailed for
th e orders of the Guru and complied t he m w it ho ut delay
In serv ce and humility
he
felt
ecstasy.
He
s e t the
standards
of discipleship and reltgiousity.
He
became a
Ughthouse
in this worldly
ocean.
He became a
guiding
star for the world
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Taking
Out
A Bowl
from Sewer Drain
f lere
were many happenings at ar tarpU in the life of Bhai
Lehna
Guru
Angad
Dev
They
are written Janamsa.khJs.
In these stories
we
can see
all
his goodness. his love for the
Guru. his
humility.
his devotion to the Scripture. his simplicity
and above
all his
recitation
of
the Lord s name
constantly.
Guru
Nanak
Dev s daily programme was that he used to get
up very ear ly in the
morning
and go to the river Ravt for a bath.
Then he would
sit
in meditation
or
Usten
to the
divine hymns.
In
the day also whenever
he
was free from
work he
would rec ite the
Lord s Name.
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Once
Guru Nanak Dev. after
having
a bath was coming
back
home He was carrying an
empty
bowl
of
yogurt in his hand
Some disciples also walked along.
While crossing a sewer drain the bowl
of
yogurt slipped from
his hand and fell in
the
drain
The water
in
the
drain was stink.1ng.
The Guru asked
his
disciples
and
his
sons
that
someone
should
go
and bring out the
bowl.
Somebody
said:
What
is
the need
to take out
the
bowl from
the
sewer
drain? A new bowl
can
be bought Somebody said: This
work Is for
sweepers
Despite telling them
again nobody went
to
bring out
the bowl.
In those times the caste system was prevalent. Some consld
ered
themselves
as upper
caste
and
others
as lower
caste
RaJputs
were supposed to
i htwars
ish and Khatris were supposed to
do only
fanning
and
business
The low
castes
were supposed to
do
the
merna work like sweeping.
That
is why the disciples
and
the sons did
not
like to enter the sewer drain
Then Guru Nanak Dev asked Bhill Lehna to go and
take out
the
bowl from
the
sewer drain Bhai
Lehna
immediately went and
took the bowl
out
Then he washed nicely. made clean and
gave it to
the
Guru
Actually. Guru Nanak Dev was testing as to who is that disciple
who has rid
himself
from
the
false belief
of
caste and creed and
treats everyone as equal Bhai Lehna proved his test
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Construction
of
Gurdwara Wall
w as w tnl er
and extreme
cold
The
sky was
overcast
wtth dark
clouds
It started raining Due to heavy
rains the G urdw ara wall
collapsed
t
was late a t night
G u ru
Nanak Dev called his son s an d
some
disciples and asked them to reconstruct
the
wall
Saba Sin
Chand and
Saba Lakhml
Das
said:
t
is
late night
and
raining heavtly In the
morning
we
can call
some ma-
sons and ge t t repaired
Then the
Guru
asked
other
disciples who were present that t
would
be
better
to
reconstruct the
wall
right
now
The d is ci pl es s ai d:
t Is
late n igh t
and
d if fi cu lt t o collect
the
materials required the morning we
shall
do the needful
Then the G uru asked
Bhai
Lehna who
immediately
started
r ec on st ru ct in g t h e
collapsed
wall He kept
working for the entire
night
and by morning the wall was reconstructed
This
s
another example Bhai
Lehna s
utm ost
regard
an d
obedience for
Guru
Nanak
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Washing th e Dirty Linen
t was pitch dark QUietness
prevailed ll disciples
and
servants
were
asleep
Guru
Nanak
ev
got
up and
saJd:
My
sheet
looks dirty Go
and wash
Just
now
Everybody who heard the Guru s order w as wary
a s
to how
c ou ld a ny bo dy go to the river Ravt for w as hi ng th e sheet a t that
Ume of the night
when
was so dark
When
he asked h is s ons th en the y r ef use d p oi nt blank
and
said:
This is the
washerman s
job
would call
the
washerman
In the
morning
He would wash the sheet
and
other clothes
Other
d is ci pl es a ls o put off
saying
that
they would wash the
clothes
in
the
morning
When the G uru asked
Bhai
Lehna then
a t
that very
time
8hal Lehna picked up the
dirty
linen and went to lhe river to
wash
I t was his nature that
he
never
argued
or said no
to
the
Guru O ut
of
love he did everything that the Guru wished
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Sanghar -
Khadur
hree
yea rs passed since Bha
Lehna
was in
the service of
Guru
Nanak Dev
as an
ideal disciple. Everybody was impressed
hy
his
exemplary devotion
and
selfless service to the Guru. Guru
Nanak
Dev
did
not
wish
that
his disciple
Bha
Lehna
should
renounce
the family and the house and
become
a
recluse.
His
doctrine
is
that while living
in
the house
and
the family one
could get out of
the cycle
of
births
and deaths
and
get
eternal
happiness
That Is what Guru
Nanak
ev
wished
to preach
to
his
disciples. One day. the Guru said: It is a long
time
since
you
left
your
house
and
family. Better go to your town
and take
care
of
your family. In
obedience
to the
orders of
the Guru Shai
Lehna
left for
his
hometown He met
his
tn laws at Sanghar and
his
own family
at
Khadur. Ills family members
were Immensely
delighted
to
meet
him
after
a long
separation.
Ills
praise
spread
in the entire town like the moonlight in
the
winter season. Bhat
Lehna
stayed
at
Khadur for sometime. But his
mind
was at Guru
Nanak Dev s
feet
at Kartarpur
and
the body
In the hometown.
Like the partridge longing for the moonl ight he was craving to
meet Guru
Nanak Dev.
was emotionally
resUess to
return
to
KartarpuL
His
family however. insisted
that he should stay
at
home. But Bha Lehna
whose
mind blossomed only when he fell
at the Guru s
feet saw
towards
the
land where Guru Nanak
Dev
lived
and
leaVing
his
sentimental
relations. he
returned
to
Kartarpur
and
had
a glimpse
of the
godly
soul. On reaching
Kartarpur he was
at the
service of
the Guru.
recitat ion of
the
Lord s name
and
listening to the praises of
the
Lord. Sometimes
he used to go to his hometown
and
then
come back.
HJs desire
was Guru Nanak Dev s glimpse and his true homeland was the
land where Guru
Nanak
Dev lived.
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Final Test
n the Sikh history there are
many
stories pertaining to the life
of hal Lehna
Once
Guru Nanak Dev made
an
awe Inspiring appearance.
e
wore
dirty
clothes
ke low
caste
persons.
tied
a
rope round
his waist
and
carried a heavy
stick.
On his
shoulder
he
carried
some bags
that were
filled
with
coins of
bronze silver
and
gold.
In this appearance he walked towards the river Ravt
Many
disciples followed him but were astonished as
to
what had
happened to the Guru. Many
of
them came away tn disgust
seeing
his awe inspir ing
face The rest who
were
following
were
asked
by
the Guru to go back
but still
they walked along
Now
the Guru
took
one
bag down
from
his shoulder
and
started
throwing the
bmnze
coins Many disciples
got
busy In
collecting the coins and
afler
OIling their pocke ts returned to
their homes.
Moving further. the G uru s ta rte d lhrowing the stiver coins
and later
the
gold
coins. Again many
of
the disciples got busy
tn
collecting the silver and gold coins and after m ng their pockets
went
back
to
their
homes.
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Only a few
were
left who were still following him.
The
Guru
asked
them
to go back.
When
they
did not
go the
Guru
beat
them
with the
heavy
sUck that he had in his hand.
Now everybody went away
except
Lehna.
When
Bhai Lehna
was
the only one wh o remained. then.
the
Guru
asked:
dear.
everybody has gone.
Wh y
didn t
you
go?
Then Bhai L ehna said
with
folded hands): Your
Holiness.
everybody would be having
some abode
but king of the
heaven
and earth. I have no abode excepting you. Where should I go?
Now
the Guru
went towards a
desolate place.
There w as a
pyre
of
wood It appeared that a
dead
body
was kept
over
cov-
ered
with a
w hi te s he et .
Actually was a miracle of Guru Nanak
Dev.
Then the Guru
said
to
Bhai
Lehna:
If
you wish to
stay
with
me then eat what is lying there. otheJWise go
Bhai Lehna
without any hesitation
asked:
Your Holiness. from
which side should I lift
th e s hee t.
The
Guru looked
t ow ard s Bh ai
Lehna with benevolence and
said:
i t from
the
middle of
th e sh eet .
When Bhai Lehna lifted the sheet it was sacre9 sweet lying
there.
G u r u
Nanak
Dev
now looked
towar ds B hai Lehna with
extreme graciousness,
embraced
him forthwith and
said:
You are
my
form
now You are the S upreme
Guru.
When Guru Nanak Dev
saw
Bhai L eh na as a
perfect
disciple.
he also saw
that
Bhai
Lehna
hadn t an iola of ego Bhai Lehna
had
all
the
good
virtues like
humility.
sweetness.
patience.
forbearance.
courtesy a nd s tre ng th to sustain spiritual power.
His
mind
was fully
detached
from worldly
desires
and riches. He
w as always in delight. sweet and in blossom. His face emitted
radiance
and
his body was like a fountain of love
He
was in
exuberance
always
and
his
glimpse
gave ecstasy
and
rapture.
Thus Bhai Lehna became
an
image of Guru Nanal< Dev Now
he could
sit
on
the
throne of
Guru-ship
and
preach the
Lord s
name
with
love to the people
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Gurugaddl
few months before Guru Nanak Dev leaving
for
heaven in
.r-l .september 1539.
he had announced that after h im
Bhai
Lehna
would be the heir to
the
Gurugadd1.
He
renamed
BhaJ Lehna
as Angad
I e image
of
Guru Nanak
One
day
the Guru
Nanak
Dev went for
a bath
in
the liver.
Bha
Lehna
remained
sitting
on the bank immersed
in
meditation
and love of Guru
Nanak ev
Guru
Nanak
ev
finished his
bath
and came
Qut
but
Lehna was so
absorbed
meditation that he
did
not notice
Now Guru Nanak Dev woke up Sha Lehna
from
his meditation.
He
held Bhai Lehna s ann and brought
him to
the
Gurdwara. The
congregation also
assembled. The
Guru called
his sons
and
family.
Then
he walked
in
a circle around Bhal Lehna offered five paise
and a coconut and bowed his
head
down.
Yes the Guru
of
the world bowed
his
head before
his own
beloved
disciple . He
made the disciple as
the Guru.
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He said: Your
name
is
Guru
Angad
Dev now. Give the Lord s
name
to
everybody.
Then the Guru said
to Bhai Buddha:
0
dear
you are the
leader
among disciples. You
put
the
saffron
mark
denoting Guru
ship on the
forehead
of Guru.
Angad
Dev.
Bhai
Buddha
got
up
and
with
extreme
love
pu t
the
saffron
mark
on
the
f or eh ea d o f
Guru
Angad
Dev and then fell a t his feet.
Then Guru Nanak Dev asked the entire congregation to
bo w
to Guru
Angad
Dev, .Everybody bowed.
Bhai G ur da s t he m os t
renowned saint
and scholar of Sikh
literature
writes:
Guru Nanak
Dev, In
his
life
time
put the
crown
of Guru-ship
on Guru
Angad Dev s
head and
then
bowed.
He
named
Bhai
Lehna as Guru
Angad
Le.,
image
of Guru
Nanak.
At
the
time of giving
the seat
of
Guruship
to
Guru
Angad
Dev,
Guru
Nanak
Dev
handed
over
the
sacred
book
In
which
his
sacred compositions
were
written Old Biography).
Guru
Angad
Dev was 35 years old when
he
sat
on
the
Guru
seat.
Guru
Nanak Dev
asked him
to go
and stay at Khadur and
give
the
Lord s
name
to everybody,
On
th e o rde r
of
Guru Nanak Dev,
Guru Angad
Dev cam e an d
stayed
a t
Khadur.
For
full
thirteen years he preached the
Lord s
name
and
allayed
the
s uf fe ri ng o f
the
people
for which p urp ose th e Lord
sent
Guru
Nanak
Dev,
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Mal Viraee
t was
very
difficult
for Guru Angad evto
be
away from Guru
Nanak ev But It
was
the master s order. How could he disobey?
As
ordered he
went
to
Khadur
bu t
he
was
In
pangs
of
separation.
The whole
day
he would sit tn meditation.
At Khadur.
lived
one lady whose name was
Mal
Viraee. She
was the daughter of Chaudhrl Takht
Mal a
big
landlord
of Naga
sera . This lady
had
seven brothers. People called
her Sat-Bharaee
meaning sister of seven
brothers. Her father out
of
love
called her
Viraee
and
so djd everybody else
She
was marned
to
Chaudhrf
Mehma
who was settled in Khadur.
Guru
Nanak
Dev
had ble ssed
her with
the
Lord s
name
as
she was a very pious lady Mal
Viraee
had arranged
the marnage
of Guru
ngad
Dev
with Bibi Kheevi daughter of Bhai
Devi
Chand
resident
of Sanghar
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Once w hen
Guru
N anak c am e to Sanghar. he stayed at the
house of Mal ViTaee. She h ad extreme devot ion for Guru Nanak
Dev.
Guru
Angad
Dev. after
coming
from
Kartarpur.
went to Blbl
Vtraee s house and said: I wtsh to spend
sometime
in soUtude but
my
co mi ng h er e
should
remain
a
secrel.
Mal Viraee
got
one room
cleaned
furnished
t
with a bed and
provided a roce
s n
for
silting
in the room. The Guru stayed in
the
room while t
remained
locked from outside. If somebody asked
her
regarding the whereabouts
of
the Guru. then
she
would keep
them in
the
dark.
Even when
the G uru s
wife Mata Kheevl and
the
Guru s
son
came and enquired. she put
them
off.
The Guru remained engrossed In
meditation
the time. He
would eat very lUtle and sleep for a very short time. He remained
engrossed
in
the
love
of
the
Lord all
the
time
ThJs engrossment is life. W it ho ut t his t Is lifelessness.
He
sat
In meditation engrossed in love of Guru Nanak Dev for
long
periods.
Blbi Viraee
was
at
his
service and wished that he
should at least
eat
well but Guru Angad Dev used to have c oa rs e
brea d w ith o u t b u t t e r
only
once a
day.
He
remained
immersed
in the Lord s love ll the time. His soul w as im mer se d
in the Supreme
soul.
He was
one with
the
Lord.
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The Guru gives his
Glimpse
ix
m o n th s e la ps ed s in ce
Gur u Nanak
Dev h ad left fo r the
heaven The disciples who
came
to have glimpse of
Guru
Angad
De v to get his blessings felt disappointed
Nobody knew where
Guru
Angad
had
gone
after leaving
Kartarpur S a b a Sirt Chand the elder son of
G u ru Nanak
De v
h ad s ta rte d
preaching
the
recluse
way
of
life
But
Guru
Nanak
Dev
preached
l iving
in the family with mind
detached
e said t ha t
one
should
not
shirk the responsibility of th e
family an d renounce
He said: The
mind
h as
to d etac h
from worldly entanglements
a nd a tta ch
to
the
Lord
One
s ho ul d a tt ai n
this
whlle
living
in the
family This could be attained by re ci ta ti on o f the Lord s Name
with
love
a n d
there
w as no need to ren ou n ce th e h o u se a n d
family
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The
disciples who went
to
Kartarpur
returned
to thei r homes
disappointed. The
Guru could not to be found at his
famJly house
in
Khadur.
Then the
congregation
went
to
Amrltsar and
met Saba
Buddha who
was
one of the most respected discip les of Guru
Nanak Dey.
Bha
Buddha had
put
the
saffron
mark
of
Guru-ship on Guru
Angad Dey s
forehead.
The
congregation requested
Bhai Buddha to search
for
the
Guru
and pray
to
him
to
lake the responsibtltty of Guru-ship.
The
congregation
was
in
despair and
worried
that without the
blessings
of
a
true Guru people would go astray.
On IJstening
to
the request
of
the congregation
Bhai
Buddha
accompanied
by
nye
prominent men
started
towards
Khadur.
He knew that
Guru Nanak
Dev before leaving for the heavens
had
ordered
Guru
Angad
Dev to go
and
stay
at Khadur and
spread
the Lord s name from there.
Guru Nanak Dev had thought that if Guru
Angad
Dev
stayed
at Kartarpur, he
might
have to face
some
opposition
from
his
sons Saba Siri Chand and Saba Lakhmi Das.
Both
the sons
were
not happy on Guru Nanak
Dev s
decision
to give
the Guru-seat
Guru
Angad
Dev.
They
thought that
being
the legal heirs of Guru
Nanak
Dev
they
were
the
rightful
owners
of
the
Guru-seat.
Bhai Gurdas
in
his writings
has
mentioned
that the
sons did
not honour Guru Nanak
Dev s
decision
to give
Guru-seat to Guru
Angad
Dev.
Saba
SUi
Chand
and Baba Lakhml Das
did not realise
that the Guru-ship was not something
like
land
or
property that
could be
acquired as a legal right. t
was immersion of Guru-soul
wit the Supreme
soul.
As Guru
Nanak
Dev s soul
was immersed
in
the Supreme soul.
Guru
Angad Dev s
soul was Immersed in
the Supreme soul.
The
five ideal
men who
came
Khadur
with
Bha
Buddha
were: Bha Ajita Randhawa. Bha Dhero, Bha
Boora
Kalal.
Bhal
BhaglraLh
Anand and
Bha
Sadharan. This group that was
out to
search
for Guru
Angad
Dey
reached
Mal
Vlraee s
house
at
Khadur.
When Bhal Buddha asked about
the Guru from the devoted lady.
she did not
reply.
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Bhai B ud dh a th en looked on all
sides
and noticed
that
one
room was locked from outside and
there
was fresh p la st er o n the
door on
the
other side
BhaJ
Buddha
intuitively understood that His HoUness Guru
Angad Dev was
there
only He removed the
plaster
on
the
other
side
door
opened
the
door
and
e nt er ed t he
room
The moment
he
entered
he saw the radiant face
of
the godly
soul
He
got
a glimpse
of G uru Angad Dev
sitting
on a
setlee
in deep meditation
immersed In
the
love of
the
Lord He felt It was an
image of
Guru
Nanak Dev sitting BhaJ Buddha and
the
ideal disciples who had
come along w t
him
fell at
the
Guru S feet
Bhal Buddha
prayed
w t folded hands:
benevolent Guru the c o n ~ e g o n is
longing
to have your glimpse They are having pangs in separation from
you Give them
your
glimpse Bestow your
grace
and happiness
to them
Seeing the craving and
the
longing
of
the congregation Guru
Angad Dev came
out
from his s ol it ude and
sat
in the
open
court-
yard
BhaJ Satta and BhaJ B al wa nd wh o
had
come to
Khadur with
the
congregation recited
the
divine
hymns People thronged
to
Khadur to have his
blessings
Guru
Angad Dev gave the Lord s
name
t o ever ybody and
put
people
on
the right path
of recitation of
the Lord s
Name w t
love
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Khadur Sahib-New Centre
for
Spreading the Lord s
Name
uru Nanak Dev In his
later
age stayed at
Kartarpur
Now
in
Pakistan).
Here
haJ
Lehna whom
Guru
Nanak
Dev
named
Guru
Angad
Dev came
to
serve Guru
Nanak
Dev and became the
second Guru on Guru-ship seat.
Before leaving
for heavenly abode
Guru Nanak Dev had
ordered
Guru Angad
Dev to go and
stay
at Khadur.
This
has
been mentioned by
ha Ourdas as also
by hai
Satta and Bha Balwand
in lheir
writings:
Guru
Angad
Dev left
Kartarpur
and
came and stayed at Khadur and
spread the Lord s
name.
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In the
history
t is mentioned
that
Guru Angad Dev used to
get up
early
in the
morning
take
a
bath and then
go i nt o m ed it a-
tion of
the L or d s N ame .
When
he
would open his
eyes.
he would
go to the
Gurdwara.
In
ehma rakash
it is written
that
whoever got his first
glimpse in
the
mOrning
his
sufferings
and
maladies
vanished.
In t he G ur dw ar a
he
listened
to the sin ging o f the divine hymns
and when
the singing stopped he
gave a
discourse
In
the
day
also whoever cam e h e exp lain ed Guru Nanak Dev s doctrine to
everyone and blessed
them with the
Lord s Name.
At noon he
would join everybody
in
the Guru s
kitchen
and have
lunch
sitting
together with
the
congregation.
Guru
Nanak Dev h ad s la tte d
the
p ra ct ic e o f c om mu ni ty k it ch en t o
ri d
people from the old traditions
of
high and
low caste
and
feelings of
estrangement
for
people
of
different
faJths Nobody
was
differentiated
the
Guru s
kitchen.
Everybody
s at
together and was
served
food in
the
same
way.
Mata Kheevi
looked
after the Guru s kitchen.
After
lunch the
guru
rested
for a
while. In the
evening
the
c om po si ti on s o f
Guru
Nanak Dev w er e r ec ite d and sung as
per
the practice laid
down
by
him.
The
Guru s musicians sang the
divine hymns.
At night
after
di nne r he
relaxed
before
going to
bed. He
considered
time as
very precious
and
did not waste a Single
moment.
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Mata Kheevi
n
Guru Granth Sahib. the Holy Scripture. is men tioned the
name
of
only
one
sum lady and that is
of
Mala Kheevi.
The
Gltru s
musicians Bha Salla
and
Bha
Balwand
have.
in
Ramkall
Rag.
praised her abundantly cool and
sweet nature.
Mala
Kheevt was
the
wife
of
Guru Angad Dev. Her father
Bhai
Devl Chand was settled tn Sanghar near Khadur .
The
marriage of Guru
Angad Dev with
Mala
Kheevt
was performed
in
1519. At that time Lodhi Pathans were ruling
and
Sikander Lodh
was
the ruler
of
the country.
When Guru Angad Dev
sat
on the Guru -sea t and sta rted
giving
the
Lord s
name
to
everyone.
Mala
Kheevt
with
hUmility
asked. ~ h a l
are your
orders
for m e ~
Bhal Sahib
Dr. Vir
Singh. In sht Guru hamatkar writes:
Then.
Guru
Angad
Dev replied
When Guru Nanak
gave
me the
Lord s Name to distribute. then. the seIVtce
of
the Guru s kitchen
came
to
you.
Now.
you
serve.
Mala
Viraee heard
this.
She hurriedly
went
to the
kitchen.
brought
a
serving spoon,
gave It to
the Guru and satd:
Your Holi-
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ness.
Guru
Nanak
Dev
himself gave
you the Lord s
Name
to
spread.
Now.
with your
own hands give this
setving
spoon to my
sister
in-law Bibl Kheevl.
The Guru looked towards Mal Viraee and smiled. Then he
blessed and
gave the serving spoon to Mata Kheevi for service
in
the
Guru s kitchen.
As
per the
wish
of
the Guru.
Mata
Kheevi
took
the
responsi
bility
of the
Guru s
kitchen and the
stay
of the
d is ci pl es w ho
came to
Khadur
to
take
blessings from the Guru.
Guru
Angad
Dev blessed
the
Lord s Name to
everybody
who
came
while Mata
Kheevt served
food In the G uru s
kitchen.
Mata
Kheevi looked after the comforts of
the
disciples with
enthusiasm
and love.
In the
Guru s
kit chen bes ides
the other foods even sweet rice
pUdding
with
c1erilled butter
was
also served.
Mata Kheevi was a very sweet and loving natured lady.
She
served and
looked after the disciples
ll
the
time.
She
always
recited
the
Lord s
Name
while doing
ll
this sel Vice.
She had two
sons.
Daatu
and
Daasu
and
two daughters Bibi
Amro and Blbl Anokhi.
Both
the daughters imbibed al l the oo
virtues
from
their
mother and father
Guru Angad Dev.
Mata
heevi always
prompted her sons to be obedient to their father
Guru Angad Dev.
In
those times the custom
for
women
was
to
wear
a veil
on
the face. The
women
veiled their faces when
they
went
out
of the
house.
Mata
Kheevi
was
the first
lady
from the Guru family
who
discarded the
practice
of veil and
served
the disciples without
wearing
the
veil on her face,
Thus
she took a bi g l ea p in improvi ng
the
standard of women.
Along with
Guru
Angad Dev she r ende re d gre at sel Vice
in the
spreading of
the
Lord s Name.
She
was an Ideal wife
and
a true
saintly
lady.
She
spent
her
entire
life
in
meditation
service
to
humanity
recitation
of
Name and devotion to
the
Lord.
She was
a
fountain
of
godly love that
she
gave to all.
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Compiling Guru
Nanak s
Hymns
1 1 Then
Guru Angad
Dev
s on
the
Guru seat
then the
first
and forem ost w ork
that he did
was that
he
collecled Guru
Nanak
Dev s composit ions and p re ac he d t ho se
to
the disciples
In the
old Janamsakhl i t
is
mentioned that Guru Nanak Dev.
bef or e le aving for heavens handed over a
Pothl
in
which his
com-
positions w er e w ri tt en.
It
Is
mentioned
a
Potht
conlalntng
Guru Nanak s
hymns
was
given to Guru Angad Dev.
Nevertheless. some disciples a t different places had some
compositions.
Guru Angad Dev sent
messages
to all d isciples far and wide
that
all
those
wh o
we re hol di ng
Guru
Nanak
Dev s
compositions
or
slories
of
his
lifetime should bring them to
Khadur
so that
they
uid be conserved at one place.
In the sht
Gu.ru Chamatkar Bhai
Sahib
Dr. Vir Singh
h as
mentioned
the contribution o f ha Hassu Lohar
Bhai
Sheehan
Chheemba. Bhai
Braham
Das
Kashmir),
B ha i Saido
Gheo. Bhai
Jharoo
Kalal
and Bhai
AJila Randhawa through whom al l the
compositions of
Guru
Nanak
Dev
were
collected
a t one
place.
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Some
of the
compositions were
written in Sharda script and
some in Takri script The
Guru
got
the
entire compositions
writ-
ten n Gunnukhi script
which became
a solid
foundation
for the
compUatlon
of
the Holy book G ur u G ra nt h
S ah ib in
the
year 1604
Guru Angad Dev also
composed
some hymns
63 couplets which
are
included
in
the
scripture
In this divine scripture he
has
written
the
true
facts that
were preached by Guru Nanak Dev In his entire
lifetime and
made
the
people
understand
them properly
The
compositions
of
Guru
Angad Dev are divine writings tn a
very simple language and
on reading
the sam e
one
gets
fragrance
of the
Lord s Name
in the
mind heart and
body
His writings
inspire you towards
recitation
of the Lord s Name service to
humanity and pious living
His own
life
was
an
example
of
ideal
discipleship
to
Guru
Nanak Dev
He was the guiding star He showed us the wa y to
become
an
ideal disciple He was always immersed In th e love
of
the Lord
His soul was immersed n the S up re me soul He gave the Lord s
name to everybody
His
writings
are similar to the
writings
of G uru
Nanak
Dev
in one of the hymns he
writes:
A
hundred
moons may
shine
and
a thousand suns may shine
even
with
that brightness
without
a true G uru
th e darkness
of
the
mind
will
not
go
It
m e a n s :
The
mind
is
enticed to worldly
desires and
is
sleeping Only a true Guru will tell
you
that
the
mind can be
elevated and
awakened
by recitation
of the
Lord s Name w t
love Nobody else wi tell
you
that
The
darkness of the mind is
the
forgetfulness of the Lord
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W r
ting
of J a n a m s a k h i
\
fter sitting
on
the Guru se a l Gur u Angad
De v
spread the
r l L o r d s
Name
In many ways.
The
aim
was
to
inspire the
people to
read
the
compositions
and follow
the teachings of Guru Nanak
Dev to collectlhe Wlitings
and
compile them a t one place. to promote easily
understandable
Gurrnukhi
script. to form
a
c on gr eg at io n w h er e divine hymns
were
sung and
people developed brotherly feellng for eac h o th er
and to esta blish th e practice of
free kitchen
where everybody
could lake
food without
consideration of caste
or
creed. high
or
low
Along
with this he started
collecting
th e sto rie s of the
lifetime
of Gur u Nanak
Dev
and
got
those
written.
That
is
now
called
Janamsakht.
In this
Janamsakhl
are mentioned the
life
slones
of
Guru
Nanak Dev his
travels
and
the
places
where
he
went and put people
on
the true path
recitation
of the Lord s
Name with love and singIng the praises of the Lord with love
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Guru Angad
Dev
got
this
biography writ ten
as narrated
by Bha Bala. t Is cailed Blography by Bhal Bala . In Ihe
Asht GUnl Chamatkar Bha
Sahib Dr. Vir Singh ote that
Guru
Angad
Dev collected the stories of Guru Nanak Dev s childhood
from
Talwandi.
He got
some stories
from Guru
Nanak
Dev s uncle
Bhal Laloo
Bha Baja had observed
most
of
the
happenings and miracles
of Guru Nanak Dev ji s childhood. Those
were
also
written
down.
When
Guru
Nanak
Dev went
on his second
travel
Bhai SaJdo
accompanied
him.
He
was
asked to write
down
all
the
stories.
Many times
when those
disciples
came who had
got blessings
from Guru
Nanak
Devor they knew any happening
of
Guru
Nanak
Dev. Guru
Angad
Dev
would
have t written and add t
in the
anamsa khl
That
is
why this
Janamsakhl
is
not
year-wise.
At
the
end
of
every story is wri tten : Another story
continues.
This was the first
big step
taken
by Guru
Angad Dev towards
writing the
Sikh History.
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Love
for Children
G
uru ngad ev lovedchildren immensely In the
afternoon
after resting
for sometime
he used
to go to the fields
He
would
collect
young
children
and
see the
games
that
they
played Then he would give prizes to those who won
or came
first
He would ask them to recite the Lord s Name with love and
sing t he p ra is es o f th e
Lord wtth
love
He
told them
Lord
is the
Creator
and our
father
and mother
He
the
savior He gives
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nourishment to all. We should
always be
thankful to the Lord for
ll that He gives.
We
s ho ul d r em em be r im always.
He established the first
school
for
teaching
Punjabi at
Khadur
w he re c hi ldre n
would
learn
PunJabi.
Here
children were
taught
to read and write
in
the Gunnukh1
script.
Possibly
the
Gunnukhi
alphabet
already
existed
in
some
fonn
but
he
improved
the same
and gave it a fonn
that
we
use
today.
Guru Angad Dev
got
the Primary l ea rn in g bo ok s p re pa re d as
also
the
first PunJabt grammar.
AU the compositions of
Guru
Nanak Dev
were
rewritten In
Gurmukhi script.
By his efforts
in
this way. it opened the
gateway
for writing.
printing and
pubUshlng
books of PunJabi literature.
This is a
very precious
contribution he
made to
PunJabl
culture.
Guru Angad Dev perceived that a good
society
and future
of
th e co un tr y
depends
on the
children.
That is why
along
with putting people
on
the true path of
recitation
of the Lord s Name with love and
singing
the
pralses
of the Lord he gave
special
attention to children s
education
c hi ldre n s gam e s and children s development programmes
Hi s
way of
preaching
was
very
simple
and
unique
He used to
give the children proverbs that had
m or al t ea ch in g
so that
they
could become pious
citizens.
Professor Huxley
an
E ng lish P ro fessor of literature. greaUy
appreciated Guru Angad Dev s interest that
he
took for children s
welfare
A Gurdwara called Mal
A k ha ra e xists w he re
Guru Angad
Dev used to see the children playing games and where he
used
to
give them proverbs
in
PunJabl to Improve their
moral
standard.
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Humayun Visits Khadur
n September
1539 when
Guru Angad evsat
on the
Guru-
seat the Mughal
Emperor
Humayun ruled
India
He
was
an
incapable
and
unsuccessful
Emperor
When he lost
[n the
battle
with Sher Shah
Sun
and ned
to-
wards Punjab then
he came
to Khadur for someUme
He
wanted
to
have blessings
from
the Guru w t
a
wish that
he
should
get his
throne back
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When
he
reached
Khadur
the Guru
was
absorbed
tn
watch-
ing
the children playing and as perchance
he
did
not
notice the
Emperor
Emperor
Humayun
waited respectfully
for a few minutes
but
then he became funous
and he
stretched his
hand
to
take
out his
sword
from
the
sheath
but
the
sword did
not
sUr.
The non stir-
ring of the sword awakened his
mind:
Oh What was I
up
to?
Now
the
Guru
whose
face blossomed
like the moon
looked
towards
the
Emperor
and said:
Let this
remain in the
sheath Let
the
time come. It has
come tired
after fighting with Sher Shah
Let t
rest
in
the sheath
is
not righteousness
for
t
to
come out
on saints
Saying this the Guru came
forward
and welcomed the Em-
peror and
made him
sit
next to
him
Then the Emperor
said:
0
man
of
God I
am
sorry my
hand
went
on the hilt
of
the
sword. Forgive me. Please bless
that
I
get
back my lost
kingdom
I have lost peace of mind
The Guru
said: is
the
Lord s will
and
everything
happens by
the
Lord s
command
You
will
get your ldngdom back but
after
a
span of
some time.
Peace
of mind is
the
Lord s Name. If
you
recite
the
Lord s
Name. you will
get peace
of mind
Then the
Emperor
and
his
courtiers bowed
to
the Guru and
went away
towards
Iran
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Malloo Shah
allOO
Shah
was a valiant soldier
e
was In service of
the
Mughal army.
It
came to his mind that he was the service of
the
army
where t Is either kill
or
die. How
could
he get
eternal happiness?
He came to Guru Angad Dev
and
saJd Your Holiness: I am
in
the
army where t
is
do or
die.
How do
I gel
eternal happiness?
Then the
Guru
said: One who is in the
anllY service. he
should
not be
cruel
or loot and grab
intentionally. He
should not
con-
sider
killing
and looting
as bravery.
To
tight
is his duty. But when
there
Is a
war he should fight for righteousness.
In
sht uru
h m tk r Bhai
Sahib
Dr
Vir Singh writes:
Guru
Angad
Dev told Malloo Shah.
nny
life Is a life of
brav-
ery. This ts meant for stopping
the perpetration
of cruel ty and
brutali ty on
civilians This is not for being cruel onc s self Il Is a
big
sacrifice where
even
the body is sacrif iced.
The
primary in -
lention Is
to
do
goodness
for others.
slop
evil
and be helpful.
A
valiant
soldier
should not
be
afraid to fight
for
righteousness.
When a
valiant
soldie r d ies
in f ighting righteousness.
then.
he
gets eternal happiness.
On
l istening to
the
Guru s words
he
got peace
of
mind.
He
got
into
recitation
of
the
Lord s Name. service to
the
poor
and
oppressed
and
started
giving
chartty also.
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Ac ::ept the God s
will
T e o p l e came from far oIT places
to have
a
glimpse
of
the
Guru
r and
receive his
blessings. One of those disciples
was
Bhai
Jeeva.
He
came
from
Naurangabad
that
was
a t
a
d is ta nc e o f
nve
kilometers
from Khadur. He came to meet the Guru
and
started
service
in
the
Gur u s
kitchen. He used to cook
a
dish of rice
combined with
lenW for
the
Guru.
One
day
there
was a strong dust storm
and the
wind blew
so
strongly
that
fire could not be l it n the kitchen. He
waited
for the
duststonn to slop but
finally
lost p atience and saJd to the Guru:
o benevolent Guru.
I
have to make
rice lentil
but
I
am unable to
light
the
nre If you
stop this duststonn then
I
might do
cookJng
T he
G u r u
smiled
a n d
saId:
It
will
stop
whe n
th e
Lord
commands
i t to slop. You recite the Lord s Name
Jeeva: t
Is u nd er y ou r
command
also. You
please stop
it
Guru:
Accept
the
Lord s command. Like a married woman is
always
happy tn
the
command of
her
husband. Simi larly.
the
diSCiple
of
the
Lol d.
when he
I emalns
happy
In
the
LOl d s
command. then the Lol d bestows
His
gl ace
on
him.
One Pandlt
was
silt ing close by. He heard all this convel sa
tion
and
Sald: 0
Guru,
is this natul e undel
command
01 does t
exist on
its
own?
Then, the
Guru
said: Natul e is undel command. The natul e
having a system indicates that thel e Is a l iving
fOl ce
that
com-
mands.
It is
His
wondel . The feeling of wondl Ousness
takes
us to
the Lol d.
The endeavoul Is to I ecite
the
Lon::l s
Name with
love ,
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Malooka
the Drunkard
Khadur lived
one
Chaudhrt
whose
name
was Jawahar
Mal
.L l.but people of the town called him Chaudhri Malooka
He
did not Uke
Guru
Angad Dev
being
honoured
so much
Many
times
he used to talk
agaJnst
lhe Guru In foul words He
was
a habitual drunkard
Many times he
fell unconscious in the
streets due to drtnking too
much
By drinking loa much he became
i ll
with epilepsy He tried
many
doctors but was not cured
Then
the
noble persons
and relatives
suggested that he should
go to
Guru
ngad ev and ask forgiveness and
take his
bless-
ings
In
this
worry
and
suffering
one day
Malooka
went
to
the
Guru Ourbar
The Guru beslower of forgiveness asked him: Do you drlnk?
MaJooka replied: Yes.
is
wine
that
keeps me happy and life
goes
on
nicely. Only
the
illness of epilepsy Is worrying
me
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Guru said: Recite the Lord s Name and do good deeds. If you
s to p d ri nk in g wine then you oul
be
cured of epilepsy. But
you
start drinking
again
then
it would nol
be cured.
ChaudJui: Well.
I slop drinidng then I
am
cured.
ll right. I
promise I stop
drinking
from now onwards.
Guru said:
Well
done
Chaudhril If
you have
left
drinking
then. the epilepsy has also left you along with the habit of drinking.
y the
blessings of
the G uru Malooka
was cured of his
illness.
He bowed lo
the Guru and as promised
he
stopped
drinking
wine
Almosl lwo years passed like th at a nd
he
di d
nol
get
any
it
of
epilepsy.
But
again
a mood
came
to
his
m1nd to
drink.
In
Khadur
lived a yogi
wh o was
a
habitual
drunkard. He
was
a friend
of
Malooka. In
the co mp an y of
his friend
again
he
got
Into the habit of drinking.
One day
it
rained
and the season
was
beautiful. He
was
sit-
ting on
the
top noor
and
drinking.
He
drank
so much that he
became intoxicated. Then
he
went into
a
it of epilepsy
and
in
that unconscious state
he
fell from the top noor and died. His bad
habit of
d rink in g e nd ed him
like t hi s.
The
Holy SCripture tells
us
not
to
drink
By
drinking one
goes
into
forgetfulness of the Lord.
We have
to go to
the Lord s
court
where we
will
be asked:
What
good
deeds hav e y ou done?
What reply
shall
we give to the Lord we
have remained
in
the habit
of
drinking?
In
the
Lord s
court
we will get
respect only if
we
have done
good deeds in the world and the prime
deed
is
recitation
of the
Lord s Name
wit
love and
singing
the
pr ais es of
the Lord with
love .
Let
us
recite: 0 Lord. 0 Lord 0 Lord. 0
Lord.
starting
wit
a t least five minutes a day.
Then we will
get
i nn er h ap pi ne ss in this world and will be
respected
in
the Lord s palace.
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A n
ascetic
of Khadur
\ KhaduT Sahib stayed one ascetic who was quite proud and
1 l..rull of envy. When Guru Angad Dev
J
preached
the
recitation
of
the
Lord s Name as the true path.
the
followers of the ascetic
went
down.
On
seeing the people s
regard
for Guru Angad Dev increasing
day by day he became Jealous. He talked i l l of the Guru at all
times. He was on the look Qut of a
chance
to stop people from
going to lhe Guru Darbar.
Once t
did not
raJn
n
and
around
KhaduT for a long period.
T he land s
of
t he f an ne rs
became
dry When they would go to the
Guru and complain. then the
Guru
would say: It Is in the Lord s
hand. He wtll send raJn. Sometimes He
seuds
on time and some-
times
late.
I t
is
per
our
deeds
also.
Whenever
the
Lord wills. He
will send
Worried over draught
some
people w en t to the
ascetic
Shivnalh
and said saint
you
have
supernatural
powers Show
some supernatural
power and bring raJn.
At
least our
crops
would
be saved.
The ascetic was already
waiting
for such a chance. In anger
he said: This
is
the
result
of
following a family m an. m ean ing
Guru Angad Dev ji. UnW
you
send him out of
the
town It cannot
rain.
Now.
the fanners. whose
neJds were becoming
dry
got
to-
gether
and
again went to
Hi s Holiness. Guru
Angad Dev
an d
said: The
ascetic
says that you leave Khadur
Sahib and
reside
somewhere
outside
this town. then
he can
bring rain in our fields.
The Gu ru
listened
to their ignorance and said: f
by
my going
away t would rain
then
I could go today only.
Accordingly.
the
guru left Khadur Sahib and went and stayed
a t
Khan
Rajada
village
about
seven kJlometers
away.
several d ay s p as se d since the Guru had left. The a sc et ic tried
several types of rituals and a Yagna but t he re w as no rain. What to
say of rain. there was
no
sign of even a small cloud
n
the
ho t
sky.
Now.
the
fanners became desperate
and dragged
hi m out
and
saJd:
You
said. you will call
Indra.
the God
of rains.
and
he
will
bring
rain. You
said rain Is in
your closed
palm. Now open
your
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palm. Why
don t
you?
Otherwise we
are going to
drag and
throw
you out of the town
Some
s ai d: U nn ec es sa rt ly w e asked
th e
Guru to
go away He
was right
when he Said t Is the Lords
hands.-
nthe meanwhile the
crowd
saw Saba Arnardas
coming. They
came and fell a t
his
feet.and said:
0
saint you please help u s
out.
e
have insulted the Guru. Now you do something for us.
Without
rain.
we
will die
S a b a
Arnardas
said:
The Guru whom you have asked
to go
away
he
has the
power You express
y ou r r ep en ta nc e and have
full faith in the Guru
and say
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o
great Guru Angad Dev
say again.
g re at G ur u
Angad
Dev
say
once
again. g reat G uru
Angad
Dev
After a Little while
clouds could be seen.
It started drtzzling
and then
tn
torrents.
Now
th e farmers were
very
angry on the a sc e ti c S h lv n at h.
They dragged him out. beat him and t hr ew h im in the open fields
where he died.
in the meanwhile Saba
Arnardas
left for Khan a
ct
village
to meet Gu ru Angad Dev
When
Guru Angad Dev heard about
t he e nt ir e
episode. he
did
not like i t
He
asked Baba Amardas Why did you show your
supernatu-
ral power?
T hen B aba
Amardas
said:
I made a
mistake.
I
could not toler-
ate the farmers
insulting you. I thought
they
would realize your
greatness
o y when they see your power Your Holiness you are
above supernatural
powers.
Now I realize t ha t I
faulted.
I realize
my
mistake.
G u r u : Yes people do bow w h e n
they
see
s u p e r n a t u r a l
powers. B ut w hat
is
the
gain? Prominence?
gives
you delight
t h a t you
are
being praised.
This
delight is
a form
of
ego
t ha t
keeps
you
In
the
forgetfulness
of the
Lord
This
forgetfulness
of
Name
keeps
you away
from the
beloved Lord. T he p ro mi ne nc e
t ha t goes with you
when
you leave this body is in the Lord s
Name.
Those
who
have got the
Lord s Name In their heart
do
not
show
their
supernatural powers. They remaJn immersed
In the
love
of
the
beloved
Lord
They
drink
the
n ec ta r o f Name
t ha t
is
sweeter than anything else. One gets
the Name
nectar by
the
grace
of the Guru. That gives y ou e te rn al h ap pi ne ss .
The
Gu ru
s aid : P ra is es
of the world b u m
them
in fire
These
clever
praises
make
you
forget
the
Lord
and not one goes with you.
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Service
Endeavour
is
mentioned in
the
anamsakht
that Saba mardas stayed at
Khadur Sahib
for
almost
12 years and served
the
Guru and
the
congregation. When he came
and
stayed
at
Khadur
Sahib, he
noticed that there seIVice
was
considered as the prime duty. So
one day he asked the kitchen supetvisor Bhal Jodh t o give him a
pitcher [or canylng water.
Then
he
started gOing to the river Beas and
earned
back the
pitcher
full
of
fresh
water
for
the
Guru s
bath.
He
would
wait W
the Guru
had his bath
and
then wash
the Guru s
wet clothes .
When was daytime
he went to
the Gurdwara
to
listen
to
the
divine hymns.
In
the summer months he waived fan for the
congregation. He told Bha
Jodh that
he
would
br ing water
for
the kitchen from the well everyday.
Then
he would draw
water
at
the well and offer It to the disciples for their
bath.
He would serve
water
to
thirsty. He would
serve
drinking water in the Guru s
kitchen to
the
ng t who came to eat. He would
himself
eat
when all
others
had finished eating. In this service
he
got eleva-
tion of mind. At night after the assembly he would massage the
Guru s feet and
stand in wait
till
the Guru went
to sleep.
A number
of
times
his
family
members came
and asked
him
to
come
home
but
he
would
say:
The
home
that
I looked for. I
have
got. Now I
cannot
leave this
home
and go anywhere.
odoubt he
was
elderly
but
he
was
enthusiastic
Uke
a
young
person. While
doing
all this seIVice
he
always recited the Lord s
Name. He remained steadfast in this service. The congregation
was astonished to see his devotion. recitation of Name and
service to
the Guru.
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Goindwal
Flourishes
w as alm ost seven
years
since
Guru
Angad ev had taken
the Guru seaL
T h o u s a n d s
o f d ev ote es c a me
everyday
wUh
desires and were blessed wit the Lord s
Name
y
the
Guru.
In
the year
1546
o ne M an va ha
Khatri
named
Gonda
came
to
the G u ru da rb ar a nd said: Your Holiness.
my
ancestors
have left
a lot of land near
the
bank of river Beas and I
want t o d ev el op
a s
a town
b u t some
people
who are Jealous are creating
hin-
drances. I
am told
that ghosts a nd evil spirits live there.
What-
ever we co n sl r u ct
in the
day. we find
demolished the
next
morning.
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I pray you bless
that
the
hindrances
go away
and
I make t a
town.
The Guru made Bhal Gonda understand tha t no evil splrits
or ghosts existed.
t
is all a mistaken belief of weak minds. do
not
have such beliefs.
But
let
Baba
Arnardas
come. By
his
blessings
your
town
w ll
nourish.
After a few
days
when Saba Arnardas
came
to meet Guru
Angad Dev
then
the
Guru
said: 0 dear I know you
are not
happy
to stay at a
distance
from here.
But
staying here might create
problems for you. The Lord has created
something
between slay
ing
at
a distance and
staytng
close. That Is
staying
near. The idea
Is that you
may
stay
near
so that t becomes easy to come and go
and meet.
n
another
couple
of days
Bhal
Gonda came
again
and
said:
Please
send
Baba Amardas with me as
you had
told me earlier.
Guru Angad
v
asked
Sa